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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings of workers on payrolls. CES National Estimates produces data for the nation, and CES State and Metro Area produces estimates for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.

Each month, CES surveys approximately 131,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 670,000 individual worksites.

Notices

Update to the 2022 North American Industry Classification System on February 3, 2023 Read More »
2022 CES Preliminary Benchmark Revision Read More »

Charts

Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, October 2022, seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Industry	1-month net change	1-month 90-percent confidence interval	3-month net change	3-month 90-percent confidence interval	6-month net change	6-month 90-percent confidence interval	12-month net change	12-month 90-percent confidence interval
Total nonfarm	261	116.1	868	187.3	2,084	259.9	5,303	339.9
Total private	233	109.7	785	177.1	1,910	243.8	5,047	317.1
Goods-producing	33	34.1	124	51.7	291	72.5	778	107.6
Service providing	228	110.0	744	180.0	1,793	248.7	4,525	322.6
Mining and logging	0	5.0	1	10.2	21	17.5	56	27.4
Construction	1	22.4	32	36.4	98	52.0	266	71.4
Manufacturing	32	23.2	91	34.4	172	46.9	456	75.7
Wholesale trade	14.6	14.8	41.3	35.5	80.2	45.7	206.8	56.7
Retail trade	7.2	22.1	28.9	35.3	23.8	60.7	292.1	78.6
Transportation and warehousing	8.2	15.4	-4.8	24.4	66.8	39.3	306.2	54.8
Utilities	1.1	2.2	3.2	4.8	5.1	8.3	4.8	10.5
Information	4	19.4	18	57.7	86	87.1	157	105.8
Financial activities	3	15.3	13	24.1	35	39.8	154	57.8
Professional and business services	39	47.6	120	75.2	363	98.7	874	137.3
Education and health services	79	46.5	252	66.8	546	79.3	927	110.8
Leisure and hospitality	35	55.1	155	88.6	356	127.7	1,158	160.3
Other services	9	22.9	34	33.6	57	47.9	189	61.0
Government	28	38.2	83	60.8	174	90.1	256	122.3
Note: Significant changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The variance for total nonfarm is an approximation because government and rail transportation are not based on a probability sample

News Releases

Payroll employment increases by 261,000 in October; unemployment rate rises to 3.7%

11/04/2022

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 261,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent. Notable job gains occurred in health care, professional and technical services, and manufacturing.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.1% in October

11/10/2022

Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent in October, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.4 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.4 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.1 percent.
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Next Release

The Employment Situation for November 2022 is scheduled to be released on December 2, 2022, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

Real Earnings for November 2022 is scheduled to be released on December 13, 2022, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

The Economics Daily

Real average hourly earnings decreased 2.8 percent from October 2021 to October 2022

Real average hourly earnings decreased 2.8 percent from October 2021 to October 2022. The decrease in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.9-percent decrease in the average workweek resulted in a 3.7-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over the year. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

Employment recovery continues in 2021, with some industries reaching or exceeding their prepandemic employment levels

Total nonfarm employment in the United States continued to recover in 2021, with some industries fully recovering and subsequently expanding amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. read more »

Handbook Of Methods

Current Employment Statistics Overview

How did the 2020 census affect employment?

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a full count of the entire population of the United States, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution. To achieve this mission, the Census Bureau hires hundreds of thousands of temporary workers. These workers are reflected in the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey employment estimates. read more »

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Latest Numbers

Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment: +261,000(p) in Oct 2022

Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: +$0.12(p) in Oct 2022

Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: unchanged in Oct 2022

Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees: +0.2%(p) in Oct 2022

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: +0.1(p) in Oct 2022

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees: -0.1(p) in Oct 2022

Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: -$0.01(p) in Oct 2022